Elijah Kelley To Star As Sammy Davis Jr. In Limited Series At Hulu From Lee Daniels

Elijah Kelly is set to star as Sammy Davis Jr. in a limited series from Lee Daniels at Hulu.

The series, which is untitled right now, has an eight-episode order at the streamer. It is adapted from the book, In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr.

Here's the logline: Sammy Davis, Jr. rose from childhood stardom on the vaudeville stage to become one of the most famous African American entertainers of the 1950s and '60s (and the only Black member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack). At the same time, he spent most of his career surrounded by controversy and ridicule--over his affairs with white film stars, his 1960 marriage to Swedish actress May Britt, his conversion to Judaism, his closeness to the Kennedys (and later Richard Nixon), and his problems with alcohol and drugs.

There is no start date for production as of yet.

Tackling the life of Davis has been a long-term project for Lee.